J R (Hrsg.) Spencer

Children and Cross-Examination

Time to Change the Rules?

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In 2009, Stephen Barker was convicted of rape on the evidence of a little girl who was four-and-a-half years old at the trial, and about three-and-a-half when first interviewed by the police. The high point of the proceedings was the child's appearance as a live witness in order for Barker's counsel to attempt a cross-examination.This case focused attention on the need, imposed by current English law, for even tiny children to come to court for a live cross-examination. In 1989, the Pigot Committee proposed a scheme under which the whole of a young child's evidence, including cross-examination, would be obtained out of court and in advance of… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lamb, Michael (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-84731-955-5
EAN: 9781847319555
Produktnummer: 29697899
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 314 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'615 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

John R Spencer QC is Professor of Law and a Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge. Michael E Lamb is Professor of Psychology and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, at the University of Cambridge.